Feature Requests

Ability to switch between dark and light mode is getting more common. It would be great to have that switch in SmartSuite so that people can comfortably work with the product in the nighttime without straining their eyes. Linking the theme to system preferences or even time of the day would be even better.

Please offer the ability to have either a series of predefined color pallets like pastels, monochromatic, subdued, natural, etc., or even allow for an ability to define a custom color palette so one could make your own palette with our brand colors. The "jelly bean" color scheme that is used now starts to be a bit much to look at after awhile.

Hi The dashboard is already not bad, but it lacks functionality. In my mind, I find the AirTable one well thought out with the notion of tables, buttons, record search, form opening and everything else. I think it would be a huge development for SmartSuite to take inspiration from this. Regards

Chrome extension similar to clickup where anywhere you're on the web, you can add a task to an app, clip a page, etc.

Simple UI tweak: I open records to review information, but don't make a change. I should not be pestered to save or exit without saving if I haven't made any changes.

Most field types can be set with a blank default, but not Yes/No fields. In my use case, I'd like to force users creating a new record to affirmatively indicate the starting state of a Yes/No field. Marking the field as required doesn't achieve this because the field's default state is already either Yes or No, which means that validation doesn't flag the field as missing data when users try to save. Example: I have a Yes/No field called "Is a Contract Required?" This is a question where the answer is a binary, so I didn't opt to use a Single Select field. I also like the heightened visibility of the Yes/No field for grid and other views compared to the way Single Selects display. The field defaults to No because most of my records do not require a contract and, more importantly, because I have no "User Input Required" option for the default that would leave the field blank until I enter Yes or No when creating or updating a record. I'm entering data for a new record, and since the default for this field is No it becomes habit to ignore the Contract Required field, which is usually set to the correct option. Then I encounter an item that does need a contract. I should mark the Contract Required field as Yes, but because I've been effectively skipping the field for some time, I reflexively do so again. Now my record says it does not require a contract when it in fact does. I have automations keying off this field when it is set to Yes, and for this record, those automations do not run. A contract record is not created, assignments don't get made, notifications don't go out. We risk inadvertently proceeding without a contract for the work associated with this record.

When you open up a record model of a linked record. It would be great to be able to click on a breadcrumb at the top to be able to jump to the Solutions/App that that record lives in. Airtable has this and it is a great navigational feature. Sometimes I am digging deep into associated records and I want to jump to the Solution/App where the record lives and I have to exit the whole way out to the home screen and remember where I was to enter back in and find the record again.

That would be great to be able to simply open a record, on the right-hand side of the screen.

I have a few suggestions that might improve the UX and UI when it comes to the linked record field. Just a little disclaimer, I’m no expert in these fields, so all the following is based solely on my opinion. What if the linked record field behaved like a small grid view? (We kinda see that already in sub-items. But subitems aren’t a database and are exclusive to the record which is a huge drawback.) In summary, the field would be a grid view, filtering the records that are connected to the current record. So, we would be able to: • Create new linked records with one click • Edit properties without having to open the record • Select, copy, and paste one or multiple fields • Sort, group, highlight, or filter even further the linked records In fact, it would be awesome if all these features were applied to the subitems too. I hope I don’t sound pretentious, but I took the liberty to draw some ideas. The purple one is a visual representation of what the linked record field could look like with the functions I mentioned. The yellow one is the current UI to illustrate the visuals of these three fields, which have some similarities in usage but look completely different side by side. In the blue examples, I tried to make the visuals of the fields a little more similar by removing the color around the linked record field and the frame around the sub-items field (IMHO they make the visuals a little busy). Lastly, in the pink version, I tried to make them all really similar and using the visual from the purple one. I personally like #2 better. I’m probably the only one who gets "bothered" (not really, lol) by the different visuals in such similar fields. I think if they looked more consistent, it would be easier to find my way inside the record. Just to emphasize, I’m no expert at all, and you guys do a GREAT job. These are just suggestions that I think could make people's jobs a little bit easier, especially on the UX aspect (filters, grouping, etc.).